Executives Role Stress and Role Efficacy

Stress is often described as the result of demands exceeding resources. This is particularly evident in professional careers where women managers balance work, family, and significant travel in addition to their existing repertoire. Women Executives today have to deal with various types of Role Stress which in turn has a negative impact on their Role Efficacy. This paper has explored the types of role stress faced by women executives, and also their coping ability with respect to role efficacy. It also examines how the different kinds of stress faced by the executives affect their role efficacy and the impact of role efficacy on role stress. It appears that women executives use Role Stress to increase their Role Efficacy and Role Efficacy leads to optimization of Role Stress. Nowa-days executives seem to be inundated with Role Stress which in turn has a negative impact on their Role Efficacy. If Executives become aware of means to enhance the various facets of Role Efficacy, they will be able to cope with Role Stress and use Role Stress as Eustress.